<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 06/20/2011 11:06 PM, Bruno Benitez wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hello to all, hope you are having a very nice day. First of all thanks to all the people who makes xubuntu, I always find this to be one of the greatest linux distros I've tried. So Thank You All. Now to business, as I've proposed on the #xubuntu-devel channel I would like if Xubuntu had a "Top 10 FAQ", Why? because I feel that if a new user comes to an absolute new OS and finds out he can't listen his music he might go and say, "What?!" and then leave, but if he would come and see that what he has just installed says to them "Here, check this top 10 questions to get you started", then he would feel welcome and will most probably stay. </blockquote> I actually wrote a similar list for 9.04, but main emphasis on problems/bugs rather than actions. You can read that on my blog [1]. I also wrote an article about getting support [2], which I think could be used as a base for something similar to use alongside the "Top 10 FAQ". <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> So I'm proposing this possible, not demandatory, and not even 10, questions, in no particular order either: How to listen music and play video? </blockquote> We are soon going to have an interactive tutorial on the default music player, gmusicbrowser, on the Shimmer Project site [3]. This documentation will be posted to Planet Ubuntu, and is definitely free to use. Video playing should be pretty straightforward, but maybe we could point the users to the applications. One thing that is problematic here is the codecs. Telling users to install xubuntu-restricted-extras fixes this, but somehow I can't make it sound good in my head to tell this in a "how to get started" -style FAQ. <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">How to install video drivers? </blockquote> Aren't these supposed to be installed automatically? <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">How to turn sound? </blockquote> Sound on, or change the volume? <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">How to play DVD's? </blockquote> Again, the codec issue. Other than that, it's pretty much the same as playing videos. <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> How to enable Compiz? (this is a really usual question on #xubuntu) </blockquote> This is a common question, but AFAIK we don't really support Xfce and Compiz, so it sounds awkward to list this on the FAQ. Posting blog entries about this in personal blogs and then pointing to them might be a good way. There even is some articles about this already, I think. <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">How does one move panels? (this might sound silly, but many people have asked this at least once, me included) </blockquote> I think this should belong in a Xfce tutorial, which the Xubuntu community could also write, and which could be linked to from the FAQ <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">How to add new themes? </blockquote> Adding new themes is easy, but many times users want to install a Gnome theme (metacity window borders). We might not want to tell a user that he can't do something in our "Top 10 FAQ" <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> Why don't wallpapers stay listed on the xfdesktop-settings? </blockquote> 2 comments up; Xfce tutorial. <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> I am also proposing this to be 10 FAQ because that would make them easy to mantain, and easy to translate to many languages by those people interested on to it, like me. </blockquote> In order for it to be easily maintainable in terms of translations not getting too old, the FAQ items should probably be as short as possible, without sacrificing clarity. <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTin8nmz6C66ZSLtKrYTdf6nqLbcR1A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> Well thats all i guess, have a good day. -- Bruno.- </blockquote> [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://open.knome.fi/2009/07/05/panels-disappearing-and-other-frequently-asked-questions/">http://open.knome.fi/2009/07/05/panels-disappearing-and-other-frequently-asked-questions/</a> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://open.knome.fi/2009/05/28/getting-support/">http://open.knome.fi/2009/05/28/getting-support/</a> [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://shimmerproject.org/">http://shimmerproject.org/</a> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Pasi Lallinaho » <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://open.knome.fi/">http://open.knome.fi/</a> Leader of the Shimmer Project » <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://shimmerproject.org/">http://shimmerproject.org/</a> Webdesigner, graphic artist, Ubuntu member » IRC: knome @ freenode</pre> </body> </html>